Reggae recipe chords by Desmond Dekker
Verse 1
C
Right here and now, ladies and gentlemen,
I'd like to introduce for you a
very soulful brother,
soul brother number one,
from Kingston, Jamaica way.
Thank you ever so kindly.
I'm here with my reggae machine,
and I'm gonna do you some
good
in the neighborhood like I should.
Hey, wait a minute, I hear a sound.
That sounds like organ.
Let me hear some drums
to go with it, please.
Em
Come on now.
C
That sounds good!
How about some swinging guitar?
Em
Please Mr. Guitars, let me hear you.
Eb
C
F
C
Ay -ay -ay, baby, that sounds like it.
Eb
C
But let me hear some piano.
You can't sit on the keyboard.
Em
Put your finger on it.
Eb
Come on.
Em
C
Em
Ay, thank you.
C
Eb
But I can't do it without the bass.
C
Come on, bassy.
Move those fingers.
Em
Let me hear it. Swing.
Eb
E
Ay -ay -ay, now you're doing your thing.
Eb
That sounds like the thing.
F
E
Guitars, give me them reggae guitar,
Eb
please.
E
Aye, aye, aye.
Eb
Man, it sounds pretty.
It's just fabulous.
E
I can't stand to listen to that thing.
Eb
Throw me way out of my mind.
E
Come on now, go ahead.
Eb
Now shake it, fellas.
Shake it well.
C
And then start.
Aye, that's it.
B
Now we got Desmond Decker
C
E
an d the Hasty thing.
C
And they're gonna do their thing
B
C
with the reggae recipe.
Reggae Recipe,
F
C
la la la la la la la
Reggae Recipe,
F
C
la la la la la la la
B
You know I wonder why
C
the grass is green
B
and why the wind is never seen
C
Who taught the birds to build their nest
G
C
and told the trees to take a rest
And when the moon is not
quite round tell me
Where can the missing bits be found
B
C
It can be found in the Reggae Recipe
C
Come on fellas, do your thing
B
C
Come on, let me hear you
B
C
Reggae Recipe
F
Dm
C
La la la la la la la
Reggae Recipe
F
Dm
C
La la la la la la la
If you stay on my scene and be real keen
You won't be no jello bean
C
It's like the farmer said to the
potato and plantain
I better go and dig you later
Give me the recipe, fellas
C
C#
Reggae recipe, la, la,
E#
G#m
C#
la, la, la, la, la
C
C#
Reggae recipe, la,
D#m
G#m
C#
la, la, la, la, la, la
Hit the spot with all you've got
C
Because I'm a sure shot
C#
E#
C
I'm hot, I'm like the cat
C#
C
You know, me, I'm free, I'm hip
I'm real set, baby
C#
So, I wanna get some of them swinging recipes from the maker,
do it! Reggae Recipe,
G#m
C#
la la la la la la la la
Reggae Recipe,
F#
C#
la la la la la la la la
Reggae recipe
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